Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-045

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William M. Lukash

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 9:09 AM–9:56 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-045 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:14:33–02:14:38)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 9:09 AMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 9:56 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-045 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193713 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-045 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-45

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:09 am and 9:56 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 730-3A]

     Request for a call to William M. Lukash

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Dr. Lukash, please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on June 12, 1972

  • 730-001 9:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 9:07 am.
  • 730-002 9:09 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:56 am.
  • 730-003 9:09 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, William M. Lukash, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 10:57 am.
  • 025-046 9:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Lukash talked on the telephone from 9:56 am to 9:58 am.
  • 730-004 10:57 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:10 am.
  • 730-005 11:10 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:15 am.
  • 730-006 11:21 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 12:13 pm.
  • 730-010 12:19 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 1:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-045, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193713). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-045 (accessed November 14, 2026).